level 1
level 3
level 2
The building lies along the direction of the prevail- ing winds to minimize air resistance and heat loss. During the winter, the cold winds blow from the north, thus the building turns its back and the narrow end in this direction, while the large glass areas face south, east and west.
Greenland’s Nature Institute Siaqqinneq, Nuuk KHRAS arkitektur
g reenland Home Rule put its Pinngortila- leriffik (Greenland’s Nature Institute) on a rock plateau in the Siaqqinneq area outside of Nuuk.The building is a framework for the institute’s work with Greenland’s environment. The oblong, 2,000 sq.m building consists of two north/south wings parallel to the harsh prevailing winds from the south-south east and the north-north west and is organized around a continuous central space with two entrances — a distinctive public entrance and a delivery entrance for the workshops and laboratories. Interior walls, deck and façade columns are concrete, cast in place with local aggregate material. Exterior walls are clad in untreated Canadian cedar. Roofing on the outer blocks is grey rolled-roofing, while the raised roof above the center space is covered with aluminum panels.
Nuuk’s landmark can be seen, the Sermitsiaq mountain in the background.
On Site review 11
58
Spring 2004
Architecture of the Circumpolar Region
Made with FlippingBook interactive PDF creator